My new rig....

[Marc P]

So I traded my RC10GT today for something a little more my speed....a crawler

Introducing my new toy...it is a slightly modified PTI Goliath crawler, and man does it crawl.

[Marc P]

Gave it a new look today...didnt care too much how it came out because eventually it needs a Toyota body.....

[Marc P]

So I have been crawling with the PTI quite a bit...found some issues I want to take care of, but having fun...





Finally ditched the poopy Imex tires, and hooked up some Axial beadlocks and Proline Hammers. I also have a HPI gear reduction unit on the way...

[K_B]

Next step is to drop that body down a bit? Those Hammers are gonna make a huge difference...

[Marc P]

Thats a good idea...I guess I just cut the posts?

[Skeeno]

Originally Posted by K_B

Next step is to drop that body down a bit? Those Hammers are gonna make a huge difference...

And stretch it to 12.5"

[Marc P]

Dropped the body down tonight....I dont know why I didnt think of that before. As for the streach kit, we will see. I kinda like the wheelbase it has now. I may add the same Traxxas links I have for the rear lowers up front...That would put me a little over 9in.

[tomer]

make the wheel base 12.5 inches it well climb alot better and make it have 2.5 to 3 inches of ground clearens on the chassie skid.

[Marc P]

So the PTI is for sale now...I bought an Axial.

[kidone]

Hahaha! I just bought this off of you! Small world. Looked mighty familiar... Cant wait to get into it though. So from where you left off do you have any suggestions?

PS- Would you sell me those tires down the line??? Let me know!

[Marc P]

I am not sure what you should do next...crawl with it.

Maybe play with the gearing a little. When I first installed the gru I was running a huge spur gear and a 12t pinion...it barely moved. Now it has a 87t spur ans 20t pinion...I think it is a little fast, but it has some good torque with the gru.

Also I would probably do away with the cantalever suspension. Look at some of the rigs on this board and get some suspension ideas.

Other than that, I made this rig way better than it was when I got it...you will have fun with it.

[kidone]

Cool thanks man! Your right though I should try it out first to get a feel for it. I saw a lot of the post went with the 12" extension. I might just make that my next purchase. I realy dig the Axial bead locks you put on there!

[Marc P]

The beadlocks look cool, but the Masher tires that are on the PTI now work better than the tires mounted on the beadlocks.

[kidone]

Haha cant wait to try it. Anyways I think I might try two mods.

1. Metal Gears
2. 2.2 conversion


If this goes well then I will purchase a 3-channel and do a rear stearing conversion.

[m&mkrawler]

How does a PTI crawl...? Is there alot of mods to do..?

[kidone]

When I first got it I noticed it needed the 2.2 conversion to do the bigger obsticles. I am %75 done with the project but am waiting on a replacement part... I will let you know the results when I finish. All in all it is a pretty looking crawler and I am happy with it.

[tom tom]

Originally Posted by Skeeno

And stretch it to 12.5"

Im a personal fan of shorter wheel bases. It does cut your climb angle a bit, but its well made up for in steering and overall clearance. I run my stock axial in a droop and with the mounting in the closest holes. I do run the batt in the stock location :-P the clearance and steering benefits make mine handle some obsticles that my friends much more expensive rigs can't handle. Like curbs or any application similar to that. I will soon put a small lipo on the front axle instead of the six cell on the battery platform. If your PTI can handle moderate climbing grades, and you like clearing rocks or edges, I think you should stick with the shorter wheelbase.